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17 2019

Here To Help

7:30PM - 9:00PM  


858 Sheppard Avenue W
Toronto, ON M3H 2T5

JACS Here To Help group is facilitated by JACS counsellors and is an open education discussion for anyone concerned…

May

27 2018

Temple Har Zion Team: UJA Walk with Israel

9:00AM - 3:00PM  

Temple Har Zion Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, L3T2R7

 

THZ members, join the THZ team and Walk with Israel.
Volunteer.....we need you.
Contact andrea@harzion.ca or call 905…

May

27 2018

UJA Walk with Israel

9:00AM - 5:00PM  

Coronation Park
711 Lake Shore Blvd West

 
Visit WalkwithIsrael.com
 

CELEBRATE ISRAEL @ 70, JOIN US FOR THE WALK WITH ISRAEL OR PARTICIPATE IN THE 8K RUN WI…

May

27 2018

Future Sinai's Recovery Brunch

10:30AM - 1:00PM  

Kasa Moto
115 Yorkville Ave.
Toronto, ON M4W 1C1

 

Hosted by Future Sinai, the young leaders and philanthropists of the Sinai Health Foundation - The Recovery Brunch br…

May

27 2018

Israel-70

5:00PM - 8:00PM  

YEDI Event Room
907 Alness Street
Toronto, ON M3J 2J1

 

Event dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Israel

May

27 2018

Chabad Flamingo Bat Mitzvah Celebration

6:00PM - 10:00PM  

Chabad Flamingo
8001 Bathurst Street
Thornhill, ON L4J 8L5

 

Chabad Flamingo Bat Mitzvah Club Celebration Dinner

May

27 2018

Jewish Music Week Opening Night

7:00PM - 10:00PM  

Multiple venues throughout the city

 

Opening Night concert for Jewish Music Week in Toronto. Details coming soon.

May

28 2018

JMW Lecture -Salome: Between Scandal & Song

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Jacob Family Theatre, Posluns Auditorium at Baycrest
3560 Bathurst St
Toronto, ON

 

Salome: Between Scandal & Song
Samantha Madison Cooper
Lecture on the Jewish reaction to Richard Strauss’ opera, Sa…

May

28 2018

The World Around Us Spring Series

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Beth Sholom Synagogue
1445 Eglinton Ave W
Toronto, ON M6C 2E6

 

Join our guest lecturer Gerald Ziedenberg for a round-table discussion on topical events.

This week he will be discu…

May

28 2018

JMW - Celebrate Israel! 2 Movies

1:00PM - 3:45PM  

Jacob Family Theatre at Baycrest
3560 Bathurst St
Toronto, ON

 

Celebrate Israel!
Double feature – two different ends of the musical spectrum in Israel.

1:00 – 2:00 PM
STAN GET…

May

28 2018

Chaim Soutine and L’Ecole de Paris (Art Appreciation) with Osnat Lippa

1:30PM - 3:00PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

Art Appreciation with Osnat Lippa (part of the 55+ Lecture Series at the Miles Nadal JCC).

When Jewish artist Chaim …

May

28 2018

Save a Child's Heart Annual General Meeting

5:00PM - 7:00PM  

Save a Child's Heart Foundation Canada
1491 Yonge Street
Suite 403
Toronto, ON M4T 1Z4

 

Details to follow.

May

28 2018

Big Questions about Israel with Rabbi Lawrence Englander

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

Mondays, May 28, June 4 and June 11

A Temple Sinai Program: Big Questions about Israel with Rabbi Lawrence Englander…

May

28 2018

Netivot HaTorah Presents Names Not Numbers, A Movie In The Making

7:00PM - 10:00PM  

Netivot HaTorah Day School - North Campus
18 Atkinson Ave.
Thornhill, ON

 

With each passing year, younger generations bear a greater responsibility to preserve the testimony of Holocaust Surv…

May

28 2018

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Jun

2 2018

Jewish Music Week in Toronto

7:00PM - 11:00PM  

Multiple venues throughout the city

 

A week-long festival of concerts, recitals, lectures, films and musical events throughout the GTA. Details coming soon.

May

28 2018

A Yiddish Lied'l - Musica Beth Tikvah's Annual Gala Fundraiser

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

Featuring music of the "Yiddish Broadway."

Featuring: Binyumen Schaechter - guest Yiddish Musical Scholar from New Y…

May

28 2018

Pause & Affect - A Shabbat Outlook

8:00PM - 10:00PM  

JRCC West Thornhill
1136 Centre St. #2
Thornhill, ON L4J 3M8

 

Slated to run in over 200 locations across the globe, Pause & Affect provides multiple entry points so that students …

May

29 2018

Israel Bonds and Tel Aviv University Present: Campus to Canada

8:00AM - 1:00PM  

Fasken
333 Bay Street
Suite 2400
Toronto, ON

 

Professors from Tel Aviv University will be here to speak on three different topics. Generously hosted and sponsored …

May

29 2018

JMW Lecture -The Lady Gaga of Hasidic Music (Lipa Schmeltzer)

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Markham Street Synagogue (Shaarei Tzedec), 397 Markham Street
397 Markham Street
Toronto, ON

 

Dr. Jessica Roda explores the politics of pop stars in religious settings.
Admission Free www.jewishmusicweek.com

May

29 2018

Adath Israel 15th Annual Golf Tournament

11:30AM - 8:00PM  

Lebovic Golf Club
14020 Leslie Street
Aurora, ON L4G 7C2

 

Join us at our 15th Annual Golf Tournament. Contests, delicious kosher lunch and dinner.

May

29 2018

Jewish Music Week - The Best of the Barry Sisters

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Al Green Theatre -Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Ave.
Toronto, ON

 

The Best of The Barry Sisters
The Ault Sisters
Toronto’s Ault Sisters sing the greatest Yiddish cabaret hits of the…

May

29 2018

Lunch & Learn at Beth Tikvah Synagogue

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

Beth Tikvah Synagogue
3080 Bayview Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 5L3

 

THIS SERIES HAS BEEN GENEROUSLY SPONSPORED BY HELEN STOLLAR.

Corey Keeble

May 29

The Weinberg Judaica Collection a…

May

29 2018

Conversation Cafe

1:15PM - 3:15PM  

Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue
100 Elder Street
Toronto, ON M3H 5G7

 

Join us every week! Now part of the newly rejuvenated Club Sameach.
Tessler Lounge at Beth Emeth Synagogue. Drop in t…

May

29 2018

JMW - The Musical World of the Mendelsons

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

Yamaha Recital Space, Atalier Rosemarie Umetsu
310 Davenport Rd (west of Bedford)
Toronto, ON

 

Cantors Jack and Fredda Mendelson
World-renowned Cantors perform Cantorial, Yiddish, Israeli & opera gems. Yamaha Rec…

May

29 2018

Choralairs Choir

7:00PM - 9:30PM  

Edithvale Community Centre
131 Finch Ave.
Toronto, ON M2N 2H8

 

We Welcome New members to join our 4-part harmony choir.
(We are especially looking for Tenors and Basses.)

No audit…

May

29 2018

Eye on Israel: Movie Night with our Shinshinim

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Holy Blossom Temple
1950 Bathurst Street
Toronto,

 

Eye on Israel: Movie Night with our Shinshinim

Join film professor Dr. Gillian Helfield, and our ShinShinim Ido Mord…

May

29 2018

OneFamily Canada's A Taste for Life

7:00PM - 11:00PM  

Artemano Fine Furniture

Toronto,

 

Please join us for our annual A Taste for Life at Artemano Fine Furniture in Toronto.

May

29 2018

Crossroads: Tradition Re-Invisioned, featuring the best in Jewish A Capella

7:30PM - 11:00PM  

Beth Sholom Synagogue
1445 Eglinton Ave W
Toronto, ON M6C 2E6

 

Join us for an evening of the best in Jewish a capella featuring our very own Ruach Singers and SIX13 from NYC! Also…

May

30 2018

Chai Society goes to the theatre to see... Fiddler on the Roof in Port Hope

9:30AM - 3:00PM  

Beth Sholom Synagogue
1445 Eglinton Ave W
Toronto, ON M6C 2E6

 

Join our Chai Society seniors program as they travel in style by coach bus to the Capitol Theatre in Port Hope to see…

May

30 2018

JMW -The Adon Olam Lecture

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Barbara Frum Library Auditorium
20 Covington Road,3rd Floor
Toronto, ON

 

The Adon Olam Lecture
Cantor Benjamin Maissner
Cantor Maissner shares and explores the most famous Jewish hymn Adon O…

May

30 2018

Adath Israel Congregation Parent & Baby Playgroup

11:00AM - 12:00PM  

Adath Israel Congregation
37 Southbourne Avenue
Toronto, ON M3H 1A4

 

Reinventing the Mom and Baby Playgroup: A unique 6 week session.

May 2: Chocolate Making workshop
Learn the history …

May

30 2018

JMW - Touch of Klez

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
610 University Avenue
Toronto, ON

 

Touch of Klez
Traditional European and American Klezmer music from early to mid-20th century. Hamilton’s leading Kl…

May

30 2018

JMW - Payadora Tango Ensemble

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

Gallery 345
345 Sorauren Ave #3 (near Dundas & College)
Toronto, ON

 

Payadora Tango Ensemble
Musical exploration of tango’s Jewish roots and Jewish contribution to tango, throughout it…

May

30 2018

FSWC 's Spirit of Hope

5:00PM - 10:00PM  

Metro Toronto Convention Centre
222 Bremner Blvd.
Toronto, ON

 

The Spirit of Hope Benefit is one of the most iconic fundraising events in the City of Toronto bringing together top …

May

30 2018

B'nai Mitzvah Club at Adath Israel Congregation

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Adath Israel Congregation
37 Southbourne Avenue
Toronto, ON M3H 1A4

 

Exciting guest appearances from "Team Clergy"

May

30 2018

Shinshiniot program

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Beth David B'Nai Israel Beth Am
55 Yeomans Rd, North York
Toronto, ON ON M3H 3J7

 

Come to understand the real dilemmas that teenage Israelis face. Everything from the army to deciding where to live.
…

May

30 2018

JMW - Musicians of Tomorrow

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Holy Blossom Temple
1950 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON

 

Musicians of Tomorrow
Trio of gifted Israeli musicians ages 11-14, performing works of Mendelssohn, Wienawski, Ladino…

May

31 2018

A New Look at Torah Through the Ages

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Beth Tzedec Congregation
1700 Bathurst Street
Toronto, M5P 3K3

 

Dr. Arnold Ages includes in his Torah study sessions a brief survey of news items relevant to the parashah, short boo…

May

31 2018

JMW- Bach, Antisemitism and the Novel And After the Fire- Lecture

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Bernard Betel Centre
1003 Steeles Avenue West
Toronto, ON

 

Bach, Antisemitism and the Novel And After the Fire
Cynthia Good
Some of Bach’s cantatas contain anti-Semitic senti…

May

31 2018

JMW - Soon We Will Become the Song (Od M’At Na’afoch L’Shir)

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Bernard Betel Centre
1003 Steeles Avenue West
Toronto, ON

 

Soon We Will Become the Song (Od M’At Na’afoch L’Shir)
The UJA ShinShinim
New songs written by Israeli singers …

May

31 2018

Temple Har Zion: Rabbi Michael Stroh, Lunch & Learn Series

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

Temple Har Zion Zion
7360 Bayview Avenue
Thornhill, L3T2R7

 

Bring your lunch for noon - coffee is on us!
Judaism Faces the Future: THE FOUR QUESTIONS
How can we use our past to …

May

31 2018

A Temple Sinai Program: Thursday Afternoon Movies with Larry Anklewicz

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

Thursdays, May 10 – June 14

A Temple Sinai Program: Thursday Afternoon Movies with Larry Anklewicz

Come and bring…

May

31 2018

JMW - The Songs of The Pianist

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

Bernard Betel Centre
1003 Steeles Avenue West
Toronto, ON

 

The Songs of The Pianist
Wendy LandWendy Lands performs songs of Wladyslaw Szpilman, pianist/composer whose compellin…

May

31 2018

UJA Dialogue for Descendants – Children of Holocaust Survivors

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Lipa Green Centre
4600 Bathurst St.
Toronto, ON M2R 3V2

 

Children of Holocaust survivors (and their spouses) meet filmmaker Julia Creet and journalist John Lorinc. Both…

May

31 2018

Hon. Chrystia Freeland, Ambassadors Deborah Lyons and Marc-Andre Banchard

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Beth Tzedec Congregation
1700 Bathurst Street
Toronto, ON M6G 2M9

 

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, joins Deborah Lyons, Canada’s Ambassador to Israel,…

May

31 2018

Israel at 70: Miles to Go Before I Sleep with Rachael Turkienicz

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Helene Jacobs
55 Yeomans Road
Toronto, ON M3H3J7

 

Beth David's Adult Education Committee presents: Israel at 70: Miles to Go Before I Sleep with Rachael Turkienicz
A v…

May

31 2018

JMW - Six Decades of Popular Hits

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

The Lyric Theatre, Toronto Centre for the Arts
5040 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON

 

Six Decades of Popular Hits
(and the Jewish singers and songwriters who made them)
Starring Simon Spiro
With Jackie R…

Jun

1 2018

JMW - The Record Men

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

Jazz FM91 Studio
4 Pardee Avenue #100, Liberty Village (south of King)
Toronto, ON

 

The Record Men
Alan Edelstein -Lecture
Introduction to the Jewish businessmen who played prominent roles creating ear…

Jun

1 2018

Shabbat Groove

10:00AM - 12:15PM  

Miles Nadal JCC
750 Spadina Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 2J2

 

Children ages 0-4 with their grown-ups celebrate Shabbat with song, stories, and community connection.
10:00 and 11:1…

Jun

1 2018

Little Blossoms too

11:00AM - 12:00PM  

Holy Blossom Temple
1950 Bathurst Stret
Toronto,

 

Our Little Blossoms program has expanded with an amazing new performer to join our Little Blossoms Family!
Little Blo…

Jun

1 2018

JMW - Classical Jazzed-Up! Live from Zoomer Hall

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Zoomer Hall, The ZoomerPlex
70 Jefferson Avenue, Liberty Village (south of King)
Toronto, ON

 

Classical Jazzed-Up! Live from Zoomer Hall:
Berkovsky-Mirzoev-Sarid Trio
On-air live radio performance for The New Cl…

Jun

1 2018

JMW - Sicilian Jewish Jazz Project

2:00PM - 3:00PM  

The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar
194 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON

 

Sicilian Jewish Jazz Project
Michael Occhipinti
The Sicilian Jewish Jazz project highlights the 15th century contribu…

Jun

1 2018

to
Jun

3 2018

Kosher Konnect Retreat

5:00PM - 1:00PM  


996 Chetwynd Rd
Burk's Falls, ON P0A 1C0

 

3 day Shabbaton experience surrounded by nature in the company of friends

Jun

2 2018

Two Declarations that Changed Modern Jewish History: 1917 and 1948

1:30PM - 2:30PM  

First Narayever Congregation
187 Brunswick Avenue
Toronto, ON M5S 2MR

 

In this talk we will engage in a close reading of two texts that revolutionized modern Jewish history: The Balfour…

Jun

2 2018

Emunah Shabbat

5:00PM - 11:55PM  

Shuls across the GTA

Thornhill /Toronto, ON

 

5pm Start in shuls across the GTA more details to follow

Jun

2 2018

Community Melaveh Malka - Jewish Music Week Celebrating Israel at 70!

10:15PM - 11:30PM  

Temple Sinai Congregation of Toronto
210 Wilson Avenue
Toronto, ON M5M 3B1

 

This year, in honour of Israel’s 70th birthday, we welcome some of Toronto’s favourite community choirs to perfor…

Jun

2 2018

JMW - Community Melaveh Malka- Celebrating Israel at 70!

10:15PM - 11:59PM  

Temple Sinai
210 Wilson Ave
Toronto, ON

 

Community Melaveh Malka
Celebrating Israel at 70!
Honouring Israel’s 70th birthday, we welcome some of Toronto’s …

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